Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – British singer and guitarist Chris Rea has arrived in Zagreb where he will be staging a concert on Saturday.
Rea’s career began in 1978 his popularity hitting the peak in the late 1980’s and early 90’s.
Those gathering at the Zagreb Fair Hall will be able to hear his most famous hits […]
Zagreb, March 6 (CP) — The latest proposal by the government on banning Sunday trade has been forwarded to parliament.
Under the proposal all shops would be shut on Sundays and all holidays with the exception of summer months and December and would be open between 6am and 9 pm on working days.
The ban will be […]
Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – The European Union enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn warns Croatia of its EU negotiations being blocked if the issue of the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP) is not resolved quickly.
Rehn said this after Thursday’s meeting with PM Ivo Sanader in Zagreb. He added that Croatia had made the decision on […]
Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – Croatian actress of Bosnian descend Semka Sokolovic Bertok known for numerous film roles has died aged 72 in Zagreb.
According to members of her family, the actress suffered a stroke a few days ago and died in a Zagreb hospital on Tuesday night.
Sokolovic Bertok played character roles in nearly 80 movies […]
Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – Croatia was battered by strong winds and there were snow storms in some parts of the country overnight with traffic being halted in places and power cut.
Parts of the northern Adriatic have had their power cut after 130 kilometre winds swept through the area causing traffic havoc and resulting in […]
Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – The parliament adopted the 2008 state budget on Wednesday evening totalling 119.4 billion kuna.
The budget debate took all day with most of the amendments rejected.
The government is claiming the budget is geared towards competitiveness of the Croatian economy with central state revenue of 115.6 billion kuna expected and expenses standing […]
Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – The Austrian Supreme Court has confirmed the decision of two Austrian lower courts that ret. Croatian army Gen. Vladimir Zagorec can be extradited to Croatia.
However, the Zagorec defence team is to demand that the procedure on extradition be repeated and it is yet to be decided whether the case will […]
Zagreb, March 6 (CP) — Ret. Gen. Ivan Cermak indicted for war crimes by the ICTY has arrived in The Hague for the start of the Gotovina, Cermak and Markac trial scheduled for March 11. The last pre-trial hearing is to be held on Monday, March 10.
The three Croatian generals Ante Gotovina, Ivan Cermak and […]
Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – A quake of 3.3 magnitude shook the Croatian capital Zagreb at 8:40 p.m. on Wednesdays, the epicentre situated some 10 kilometres South-West of Zagreb.
The quake did not cause serious material damage, but land and mobile telephone lines were briefly cut following the tremor.
The last quake that scared the residents of […]
Zagreb, March 5 (CP) — The EU Expansion Commissioner Olli Rehn has arrived in Zagreb where he will meet with senior Croatian officials and discuss with them Croatia’s progress in getting closer to EU membership.
His visit has to do with the adoption of the European Commission’s communication action plan for West Balkans.
The goal of the […]
